The Common Dolphin falls under the family Delphinidae inhabiting all warm-temperate and tropical waters. The dolphins are medium-sized with males having prominent postanal humps. The common dolphin’s body is wrapped in a rare color pattern with its back black and bell white. The short-beaked common dolphin has a smaller snout, slightly stockier body with a better-rounded melon when compared to a long-beaked common dolphin. Their life is rich in speed games, acrobatic stunts and are extremely social that they engage in bow-rides, breaching, and feeding other marine animals like seabirds. Additionally, they would come together to take care of a sick or injured member.

They have a surprisingly high vocalizations and fondness for traveling in large social groupings where they are often spotted breaching, bow-riding, and porpoising at the water surface. Though males have a larger body set than females, both sex shows a predominance of black or dark grey color with several spots of color bands along their sides. Besides, they have the highest tooth-count when compared to other dolphins. They are also frequent in captivity.